@article{GomezNavaGrossmannHintscheetal.2020,
  author    = {G{\´o}mez-Nava, Luis and Grossmann, Robert and Hintsche, Marius and Beta, Carsten and Peruani, Fernando},
  title     = {A novel approach to chemotaxis},
  series = {epl : a letters journal exploring the frontiers of physics},
  volume    = {130},
  journal   = {epl : a letters journal exploring the frontiers of physics},
  number    = {6},
  publisher = {IOP Publ. Ltd.},
  address   = {Bristol},
  issn      = {0295-5075},
  doi       = {10.1209/0295-5075/130/68002},
  pages     = {7},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Motivated by the observation of non-exponential run-time distributions of bacterial swimmers, we propose a minimal phenomenological model for taxis of active particles whose motion is controlled by an internal clock. The ticking of the clock depends on an external concentration field, e.g., a chemical substance. We demonstrate that these particles can detect concentration gradients and respond to them by moving up- or down-gradient depending on the clock design, albeit measurements of these fields are purely local in space and instantaneous in time. Altogether, our results open a new route in the study of directional navigation: we show that the use of a clock to control motility actions represents a generic and versatile toolbox to engineer behavioral responses to external cues, such as light, chemical, or temperature gradients.},
  language  = {en}
}